Roca Islands () is a group of small islands between
Cruls Islands
The Cruls Islands or Crulls Islands are a group of small islands lying west of the Roca Islands in the southern part of the Wilhelm Archipelago. They were discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, and named by Gerlache for Luà ...
and
Anagram Islands on the south side of
French Passage French Passage () is a passage through the Wilhelm Archipelago, extending in a northwest–southeast direction between Petermann Island, the Stray Islands, the Vedel Islands and the Myriad Islands to the north and the Argentine Islands, the Ana ...
in the
Wilhelm Archipelago
The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.
Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends f ...
. Discovered by the
French Antarctic Expedition
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fable ...
, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for
Julio A. Roca, President of Argentina, 1880–86 and 1898–1904. The name was incorrectly applied to the Anagram Islands by the
British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37, but was reidentified with this group after further mapping by the
British Naval Hydrographic Survey Unit
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
in 1958.
See also
*
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago
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